Thursday, February 19, 2015

* Argentina: Hundreds of thousands of Argentines participated in a “March of Silence” demanding justice in the investigation into the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman last month.

* Uruguay: Despite backing the resettlement of six former Guantanamo detainees in Uruguay, President Jose Mujica was critical of their alleged lack of work ethic.

* U.S.: The February 10th shooting death of an unarmed undocumented migrant by police in Pasco, Washington has reportedly “galvanized” the small city’s Latino community.

* Bolivia: The Bolivian government provided details of its planned nuclear energy program and that includes “employing gamma irradiation with Cobalt-60 to improve seed quality and decrease the rate at which food spoils.”

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

* Central America: Officials from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador expressed their disappointment with a U.S. judge’s order this week to temporarily suspend planned relief for millions of undocumented migrants.

* Cuba: The State Department confirmed that the second round of diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Cuba will take place on February 27th in Washington, D.C.

* Mexico: Pemex will not ship finished gasoline or diesel through the company’s vast network of pipelines in order to prevent fuel from being stolen.

* Argentina: France’s top appeals court blocked Argentina’s extradition request for a former police officer accused of torture, kidnappings and murder during the “Dirty War” era.

Monday, February 16, 2015

* Cuba: Nearly three out of
four Latinos back the normalization of relations between the U.S. and
Cuba while a 43% plurality are opposed to the trade embargo according to
a new poll.

* Bolivia: President Evo Morales reaffirmed Bolivia's claim to access to the sea that was lost to Chile nearly 150 years ago.

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Nicaragua: "We are all dying from it, it’s a total epidemic," said one
of the thousands of sugarcane harvesters diagnosed with the same chronic kidney disease that has claimed at least 20,000 lives in Nicaragua over
the past two decades.

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Latin America: Moscow: Russian defense officials claimed that there are
no plans to establish military bases in Latin America but Moscow is
considering potentially creating "resupply and technical support points"
in parts of the region.Online Sources -South Florida Sun-Sentinel; The Guardian; teleSUR English; Zee News